Configuring the Web Threat Protection component on Mac devices

The Web Threat Protection component protects information received and sent by your computer via the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Web Threat Protection also scans website links for signs of phishing and checks to see if they are categorized as malicious web addresses.

Web Threat Protection scans web traffic based on the settings recommended by Kaspersky. When a threat is detected, Web Threat Protection performs the action defined by you.

Scanning web addresses for signs of phishing and checking if they are included in the list of malicious web addresses helps avoid phishing attacks. Phishing attacks normally consist of email messages sent by hackers supposedly on behalf of financial organizations (for example, banks) with links to fake websites. In such email messages, hackers attempt to deceive a user into visiting a phishing website and providing confidential data (for example, a bank card number, or user name and password for an online bank account). For example, a phishing attack can be disguised as an email message supposedly from your bank with a link to the bank's official website. However, when clicking the link, you end up on an exact copy of the bank's official website that was created by hackers. Web Threat Protection scans web traffic to monitor attempts to gain access to a phishing website and blocks access to such websites.

To configure the Web Threat Protection component on Mac devices:

1. Open Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Management Console.
2. Select the Security management → Security profiles section.

   The Security profiles section contains a list of security profiles configured in Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud.

3. In the list, select the security profile for the devices on which you want to configure the Web Threat Protection component.
4. Click the link with the profile name to open the security profile properties window.

   The security profile properties window displays settings available for all devices.

5. In the Mac group, select the Security settings section.
6. Set the toggle switch to Web Threat Protection is enabled.
7. Click the Settings link below the Web Threat Protection is enabled toggle switch.

   The Web Threat Protection component settings page opens.

8. In the Security level section, select the security level whose settings meet your requirements for protection of Mac devices.
9. In the Action on threat detection section, select the action that Web Threat Protection must take when it detects a dangerous object in web traffic.
   • If you want the application to display a notification that prompts you to choose one of the available actions, select the Prompt the user for action option.
   • If you want to automatically block access to a dangerous object detected in web traffic, select the Block automatically option.
10. Click the Save button to save the changes.

After the security profile is applied, the Web Threat Protection component will be enabled on users' Mac devices. The component will scan all information received and sent by your computer via the HTTP and HTTPS protocols, and will scan website links for signs of phishing and will check to see if they are categorized as malicious web addresses.

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